Hot Poppies Fiction He contends that almost all

He contends that almost all of the poetry (and much of the fiction) being written in Canada these days is turgid

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Don’t suspend disbelief

Hot Poppies Fiction He contends that almost allDont suspend disbelief. Dont arrest it, curtail it, or unfrock it. Disbelief is in the fine print scratched at the bottom of Leon Rookes literary contract. If we relinquish anything to read Rooke, it should be sobriety. Everything from her mouth I wrote down in a blue book. So begins Hot Poppies, a collection of poems by Leon Rooke, that grand master of the vocal jag and lyrical roar. Those who know Rookes fiction the Governor Generals award winning